Attachment for hot-air registers.



E. J. JOHNSON.

ATTACHMENT FUR HOT AIR REGISTERS.

APPLICATlON FILED MAR. 9. I917.

Patented Dec. 18,1917.

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ATTACHMENT roanor AIR REGISTERS.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9. 19H- 1,250,891.

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Specification of- Letters Patent.

i 73E3 4? FOR W EIEG STERQ i Patented.Dec. 18, 1917.

Application filed March 9, 1917. Serial No. 153,713.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER J. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Norwood, in the county of Mercer and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Hot-Air Registers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to heating apparatus and has for its object the provision of a simple and inexpensive attachment for hot air registers whereby the air supplied to a room will be humidified whereby the furniture, walls, woodwork and other fittings of the room will be relieved of the dust which is generally present in the air arising from hot air furnaces, the said dust being deposited in the register or my attachment for the same. The invention has for its object the provision of means for the stated purpose which may be applied to any register now in use and which may be readily removed in order to be cleaned or have a fresh supply of water placed therein.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wall register having my improvement applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a floor register with the invention applied thereto;

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the mechanism shown in Fig. 3.

In the drawings, the reference numeral 1 indicates a wall register which, as shown, consists of an open frame having a reticulated front 2 which may be of any desired design. At the back of the frame are slats or valves 3 of the usual construction arranged to be opened or closed by a lever or key 4, as will be readily understood. At the ends of the frame, near the top thereof, I provide the supports 5 which may be of any desired form and are illustrated as consisting of rods rigid with the end walls of the frame and projecting inwardly therefrom. If the design employed for the front of the register permits, the supports may be formed as a part of the front. Between the front 2 of the register and the valves 3 thereof, I provide a bucket or water receptacle 6 which is in the form of a tank having an 0 en up per end. and provided at said end wi books 7 adapted to engage over the support 5, as shown and as will be readily understood. Near the lower end of the casing, projections 8 may be provided to steady the water receptacle and maintain the same in the proper spaced relation to the reticulated front and the slatted back of the register. The front of the register will preferably be made removable so as to facilitate the fitting of the receptacles in place, and as the upper ends of the receptacles are open, water may be poured into the same by employing a vessel having a spout of such style and size that it may be inserted through the openings in the front of the register and turned to direct the water into the receptacle.

It will be readily understood that the hot air flowing to the register and admitted through the same by manipulation of the valves or slats 3 will tend to heat the receptacles 6 and thereby cause evaporation of the water. The vapor will pass into the room with the heated air and will prevent the dust, lint, and other deleterious particles contained in the hot air from settling upon and adhering to the furniture or fittings of the room. The moist vapor in thus acting upon the hot air purifies the same so that the occupants of the room will not suffer any bad effects from breathing it.

In applying my invention to a floor register, shown at 9, the receptacles are made in the form of shallow pans, shown at 10, adapted to rest upon the lower walls or bottom plate 11 of the register and. fit between the same and the top of the register. The pans will, of course, have an extended evaporating surface and may be readily filled by the insertion of a spout through the top of the register, as will be understood. When it is necessary to clean or repair the pans, the top or front of the register is removed and the vessels then lifted out so that they may be readily and quickly cleaned.

My device is exceedingly simple and may be easily applied to any register. When in use the water receptacles will be hidden by the front or top of the register and will, therefore, not detract from the sightliness of an apartment, and the construction of the parts is such that a receptacle may be provided at each side of the register so that the hot air will be directed toward the center of the register and acting upon the two vese sels will form vapor in sufficient quantities to thoroughly humidify the air of any room. Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

The combination With'a hot-air register, of a rod adjacent the open front face thereof and between said face and the back of the register an open-top receptacle, hooks at the top of the receptacle engaging over said rod, and spacing devices at the lower end of 10 the receptacle between the same and the frontface 0f the register.

In testimony wh reof I afiix my signature.

ELMER J. JOHNSON. [Lisa] Copies otathis patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner or Patents. Washington, D. C. 

